Summer 2012 is gone... Welcome school, sports and "Life"

Slacking as usual.  Just gonna do a quick update of our summer.
Went to Silverwood and had an amazing time.  We ended up camping Wed through Sat. The kids loved it. We loved it.  Heather and Darrin joined us for a night and 2 days at the park.  Laurie was there, but unfortunately as of mid July we are no longer friends. I am ok with that, but that's a part of my life I hope never to repeat!  I hate conflict and drama with a passion.  Learned a life lesson and have moved on.  Back to Silverwood.... It rocked. 4th of July fireworks were so pretty.  It was a relaxing exhausting vacation.

Kinleigh loved her first ride on the carousel!  She was a ride professional!

ALL SMILES

Kai and Kinleigh on the helicopters :D

Unfortunately Kinleigh was an inch to short for this ride. She was in the seat ready to ride and they made her get measured. She tried standing on her toes LOL Poor kid was so sad she couldn't go on it.  There were kids definitely younger then her on it :( It's not her fault she's a shorty!

Grillin up some dinner!~

Lived out of the back of vehicles and killed the battery a couple times. LOL 

Camping :D

You see that smile? Yup she was texting Jeff LOL

Our group at Silverwood :)  Awesome vacation!

Got Sydney on Panic Plunge with me!!!!  I also ended up getting Kaeden on here twice :D 

Do you like her hairdo? We tried putting it on top of her head to give her a little height in hopes of getting her on some of the rides she was ONE INCH too short for :(  it didn't work.

She loved the kid coaster (As did Kaeden and Kai, you see their blurs in this photo) and held her arms up like a pro!

Nothing better then a giant ice cream cone to make an evening perfect!

Oh how I love those boys.

August went pretty quickly!  We had great times with good friends, birthday parties and BACK TO SCHOOL! :D

Triniti requested I bring my camera to her 11th birthday party as she really wanted some pics of her Dad, Sister and her together :D

 

Baby Wyatt's toes.  I am in love with the Hope family!

Kinleigh and Milli making "Mud Soup"

Wyatt's first birthday gift Rox :)

Summer Evening Golden Sun..... Love...........

Boys birthday party at Splashzone this year! 

Flying Monkey??? Nope just Kai Kai!

First birthday part in 10 years without Gramma Vicki :(  It had to happen sometime.  So Mommy made the boys their special cakes this year. Not as fancy as Gramma Vicki but definitely yummy and useful! LOL

Annual photo of Kailer and Annette .  They are only a few weeks apart in age so every year around birthday time we try to get a pic of them together :)

Kinleigh and Cameron. She must have found him hilarious!

 

Kaeden's actual birthday August 29th :)  

Tiny Turns Ten!!!!!1

Oh yes I love this.  The injury on his nose was due to football camp.  He is now a football player as of a couple weeks ago and LOVES it!

Oh how I love seeing the growth of these kids.  Kai really sprouted this year! It's about time LOL

School started up August 30th this year. I now have a 1st and 4th Grader. Kaeden's teacher is Mrs Correll and Kai got Mrs McNeil YAY :)  They both are loving school so far which is great.  I am loving it too LOL  Life is getting crazy busy now though. Photography has been picking up a bit, Kaeden is playing football now, I leave for Alaska in 3 days to shadow a ROCKING photographer and learn all I can in the few days I am there. I cannot thank everyone (Mom, Gramma Bea, Steven, Sam) Enough for helping make this happen for me!!!!

Kaeden's team is Texas Orange and they won their first football game Saturday :)  I'm so excited Kaeden has found something besides video games that he loves :D